The Songs of Dzitbalche:The Songs of Dzitbalche

The Songs of Dzitbalche
An almanac page from the Madrid codex. At the lower right is a scribe. Deities play drums and rattles: the rain god Chac (upper and lower left); the corn god (top and center right); the sky god Itzamna (center left), inventor of books and writing, and associated with Kukulkan, the feathered serpent. The vulture signifies rain of little value.
(2) TZ'UTZ' A CHI T U CAAP COOL HOK CHE Tz'aex a hatz'uutz nokeex; tz'ooc u kuchul kin h'cimac olil; xeech u tzou tzotzel a pol; tz'a u lemceech ciichcelmil a nok tz'a hatz'utz xanaab; ch'uuycinzah a nuucuuch tuup tu tupil a xicin; tz'a malob oochh'; tz'a u keexiloob a x ciichpan caal; tz'a, uu baakaal hop men hop tu nak a kab. T kailbeilt caa i laac ciichpameech hebiix [maix] maace uay tu t cahil, H' Tz'iitbalchee' cah. In yacumaech X Cichpan Colelbiil. Lai beiltic in kaat ca i[labe]ech h'aach zempeech cii[chpam]ech, tumen cu yan ca chiicpaaceech ti x buutz' ek, tu men ca u tz'iboolteech tac lail u yetel u x lol nicte kaax. Chen zacan zacan a nok, h'x zuhuy, xen a tz'a u cimac olil a chee tz'a utz ta puczikal tumen helae u zutucil cimac olil tu lacal uinic lail cu tz'ailc u yutzil ti teech.	(2) TO KISS YOUR LIPS BESIDE THE FENCE RAILS Put on your beautiful clothes; the day of happiness has arrived; comb the tangles from your hair; put on your most attractive clothes and your splendid leather; hang great pendants in the lobes of your ears; put on a good belt; string garlands around your shapely throat; put shining coils on your plump upper arms. Glorious you will be seen, for none is more beautiful here in this town, the seat of Dzitbalche. I love you, beautiful lady. I want you to be seen; in truth you are very alluring, I compare you to the smoking star because they desire you up to the moon and in the flowers of the fields. Pure and white are your clothes, maiden. Go give happiness with your laugh, put goodness in your heart, because today is the moment of happiness; all people put their goodness in you.